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E.M.

In product.product_category_form_view


<?xml version="1.0"?>
<form class="oe_form_configuration">
    <sheet>
        <div class="oe_button_box" name="button_box">
            <button class="oe_stat_button" name="164" icon="fa-th-list" type="action" context="{'search_default_categ_id': active_id}">
                <div class="o_form_field o_stat_info">
                    <span class="o_stat_value"><field name="product_count"/></span>
                    <span class="o_stat_text"> Products</span>
                </div>
            </button>
        </div>
        <div class="oe_title">
            <label for="name" string="Category name" class="oe_edit_only"/>
            <h1><field name="name" placeholder="e.g. Lamps"/></h1>
        </div>
        <group name="first" col="4" string="Category Type">
            <field name="parent_id"/>
            <field name="type"/>
        </group>
    </sheet>
</form>



I would like to add another section:

"Category Test", a new section/title with same font and style as "Category Type", "Inventory Valuation", "Account Properties", etc. titles.

Under that section there will be a dummy checkbox (test checkbox) just to understand how to properly place new fields/sections.

I have created and installed the new module, now I have to understand which would be the right way to add this new section with the checkbox field.

Under views folder of the module I create the new .xml file:


<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<odoo>
    <data>
        <!-- Add test field to existing view -->
        <record model="ir.ui.view" id="category_test_form_view">
            <field name="name">category.test</field>
            <field name="model">product.category</field>
            <field name="inherit_id" ref="product.product_category_form_view"/>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <WHAT SHOULD I PUT HERE?>
            </field>
        </record>
    </data>
</odoo>


How would you specify to add both title and Test checkbox AFTER the Category Type section?

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Ray Carnes

What are the name(s) of the new fields you have created to go on the Category Test section?

Damon

ditto

E.M.
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It was just test field. I was in doubt about the whole xpath and group syntax. Thanks for hte comments anyway.

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I finally find it with some time. I was also having issues because I did not include "product" as module dependency in __manifest__.py.


The right xml is:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<odoo>
    <data>
        <!-- Add test field to existing view -->
        <record model="ir.ui.view" id="category_test_form_view">
            <field name="name">Category Test</field>
            <field name="model">product.category</field>
            <field name="inherit_id" ref="product.product_category_form_view"/>
            <field name="arch" type="xml">
                <xpath expr="//group[@name='first']" position="after">
                        <group name="first" string="Category Test">
                                <field name="test"/>
                                <field name="image_medium" widget="image" class="oe_avatar" modifiers="{}"/>
                        </group>
                </xpath>
            </field>
        </record>
    </data>
</odoo>
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